Electronic
Supplement to
Macroseismic Interpretation of the 1812 Earthquakes in
Venezuela Using Intensity Uncertainties and A Priori Fault-Strike
Information.
by
José E. Choy, Christl Palme, Carlos Guada, María
Morandi and Stephanie Klarica.
3. El Terremoto
del año 1812.
Extract of the document published by L. M. Buroz, an
eye-witness who
experienced the earthquake in Caracas. Taken from: Centeno
Graü,
M. (1969). Estudios sismológicos Biblioteca de la Academia
de
Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales,
Caracas,
Venezuela. Published in: STSHV (http://www.sismicidad.ciens.ula.ve).
"...los primeros movimientos se
sintieron de Occidente a Oriente,
siguieron violentísimos sacudimientos de
trepidación,
cuya violencia bastó para destruir en pocos instantes la
población".
Translation
"..the first movements were felt
from east to west followed by very
heavy shaking with trepidation, its violence was sufficient to destroy
the town in a few moments."
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